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Yakima OutPost HD Overland Truck Bed Rack Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

How's it going, neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com and we're taking a look at the Yakima OutPost HD on our 2023 Ford F-150. The Yakima OutPost HD is a solid solution if you're looking for a bed rack system that'll allow you to have something at a mid height where you can access your items and load a lot easier, but still have a real beefy weight capacity for however you want to use it, be it work or play. There's a lot of accessories that work along with it and it's just a really good utility item. With the OutPost HD, it's a really versatile as far as how you can secure your loads to the top. Your crossbars here are gonna be 68 inches long, three inches wide and an inch and a half tall. And on each end you'll see a silver bar where you can tie on hook straps or even the Yakima HD hook straps designed to work with the bar.



Flint Hill Goods Aluminum Truck Ladder Rack Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

How's it going, neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com. And we're taking a look at the Flint Hill Goods Aluminum Ladder Rack on our 2023 Ford F-150. Adding a ladder rack to the bed of your truck is a great option to increase the amount of cargo you can carry. Especially if you have a short bed, like the one that we're looking at today, it allows you to carry those longer items like ladders, lumber, PVC pipe, or any other longer item to extend it above the top of your cab. The Flint Hill Goods Ladder Rack is made of extruded aluminum, which is gonna give you a lot more rugged finish as far as heavy-duty use, as well as being lightweight aluminum and corrosion-resistant. So the materials in itself are really great.



Yakima BedRock HD Truck Bed Rack Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

How's it going neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com and we're taking a look at the Yakima BedRock HD System on our 2023 Ford F-150. The BeDrock HD is a solid option as far as ladder racks for the back of your F-150. Especially since this guy's the short bed crew cab, you're pretty limited as far as your cargo area, so this will allow you to take advantage of the space above your bed for those bigger bulkier items. The BedRock system is rated for up to 300 pounds on road and up to 180 pounds off road. The bars themselves are 78 inches long, about three inches wide and an inch and a half tall. So that's gonna work for your kayak carriers, cargo boxes and bike racks, just about any rooftop accessory that uses clamp hooks.



Malone TradeSport Truck Bed Ladder Rack Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

How's it going neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com and we're taking a look at the Malone TradeSport Ladder Rack on our 2023 Ford F-150. The reason that you would want to have a ladder rack is gonna allow you, especially with the short box truck, to have more length for longer loads. So lumber, ladders, PVC pipe, and even on the sports and rec side, if you had a kayak, or a cargo box, these types of accessories come in handy to give you more usable space to move your bigger bulkier items. The TradeSport is gonna be a great carrier if you're needing something that's more heavy duty, while being lightweight at the same time. Your capacity is right at 800 pounds and as you see, you have a set, a load stop there on top, that has the maximum spread of 62 inches. Also, you have a T-slot along the top channel, where you can add on additional items like tie down points or any other type of rooftop accessories.



Erickson Truck Bed Ladder Rack Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

How's it going neighbors This is Ed here with etrailer.com and we're taking a look at the Erickson Ladder Rack on our 2023 Ford F-150. The Erickson Ladder Rack is a nice lightweight aluminum rack that's gonna give you a lot of capacity. It's rated up to 800 pounds, so it'll handle those bigger bulkier loads like lumber, possibly PVC pipe or longer things that wouldn't fit into your short box Ford. Essentially, this is gonna be more value minded and very utility 'cause it's not very pretty or you know, appealing as far as the look, but it does have a lot of capacity. Our ladder rack has a 800 pound capacity, so that's gonna work really well for your heavier loads. Starting from the top here, you have your load stops that are adjustable, using the hand nut here where you can slide them back and forth along the underside T track.



Yakima OverHaul HD Adjustable Truck Bed Ladder Rack Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

Hi Matt with Etrailer, and today we're gonna talk about the Yakima HD Overhaul Lighter Rack System on the back of our 2023 Ford F-150. It's been a great option for you for maybe if you're going out on a job and you to carry any lumber or ladders, you're gonna be able to do that. Or if you're gonna use it for recreational uses like hauling a kayak too, it's also gonna provide you a lot more space in your bed. So let's take a closer look at it, and this is gonna be made up of three parts. The first one is gonna be that Yakima HD 68 inch crossbar, and that's gonna connect to your Yakima legs or towers. And that's gonna be on top of our base.



Malone CrossBed Truck Bed Rack Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

Hi, Matt with etrailer, and today we'll be talking about the Malone CrossBed bed rack in our 2023 Ford F-150. Let's take a closer look at it. This is gonna be a great addition to your bed, because it's gonna allow you to haul a lot of things, having a weight capacity and up to 500 pounds. So you're gonna be able to haul anything from your ladders, kayaks, or even tents, too. And it's also gonna help you store a lot more things in your bed. Maybe you run out of room on the bottom.



Thule TracRac SR Sliding Truck Bed Ladder Rack with Cantilever Installation - 2023 Ford F-150

Hi everyone, Aiden here at Etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Thule TracRac SR truck bed ladder rack with cantilever on our 2023 Ford F150. Now that's gonna be a really unique option because it's a very heavy duty ladder rack with tons of adjustability front to back, but that cantilever up front is the piece that extends over the cab, giving us more usable space and support for longer loads, whether it be a really long ladder, lumber, conduit, any sort of elongated items that we don't have room for in the truck bed, it can go above it and extend over the cab with that extra support, so everything is secure when they're going down the road. Let's check it out. Now, some of the things I like about this, the capability and the ease of use. Capability, it's got a really heavy weight capacity.



Yakima OverHaul HD Adjustable Truck Bed Ladder Rack Installation - 2021 Ford F-150

How's it going everybody Today we are gonna be taking a look at the Yakima OverHaul HD truck bed ladder rack, how it fits on a 2021 Ford F150. This is going to be an adjustable system, so if you work in a job or you need a little bit of longer loads something like ladders, lumber, anything that's gonna extend over the top or pass the tailgate of your vehicle you can get that up there. Or on the sports and recreation side of things if you wanna get kayaks, ski and snowboard carriers, maybe you want to lower this down and use it with a bike rack, make that more accessible. All of those options are available to you using this system. So let's take a closer look at how it works. Starting first with our crossbars, we can see here at the end on our end caps, we have this opening available this post where you can strap things down tie your items to your crossbars.



Yakima OutPost HD Overland Truck Bed Rack Installation - 2021 Ford F-150

How's it going everybody Today we are going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Yakima OutPost HD truck bed rack on our 2021 Ford F150. This will be a great solution for you if you want a little bit more storage. You wanna keep items up out of your bed but you want to still be able to access them, or even in the event that you want to get a rooftop tent up here we can do that too. So we'll take a closer look at how it works. First thing we're gonna be taking a look at is our crossbars. So on our end cap here, we do have this stud.



Yakima BedRock HD Truck Bed Cargo Rack Installation - 2021 Ford F-150

How's it going everybody Today we are going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Yakima BedRock HD Truck Bed Rack on our 2021 Ford F-150. This is gonna be a really nice solution for you if you want to get some larger items up on the top of your bed, still leaving room for the things inside, but still having access to those items that you wanna put on there. With a weight capacity on road of 300 pounds and an off-road capacity of 180 pounds, you really do have a good amount of options, especially with the bars that we have here. So let's take a closer look at how it works. Our crossbars are HD, which means they are heavy duty and they're really big and rugged. On the ends of them, we do have these posts, if we want to, we could strap some items down that we're storing on top of here, it's a nice feature.



Thule TracRac SR Sliding Truck Bed Ladder Rack Installation - 2020 Ford F-150

Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2020 Ford F-150, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Thule TracRac SR Sliding Ladder Rack. So when it comes to ladder racks, there's a ton of different options available, and you're going to want to choose one that's best going to suit your needs. I will say I'm pretty impressed with this one for one big reason. And that reason really separates this rack from many of the others available. And that's the fact that our cross rails here are actually adjustable.So say if you have a small ladder or some pieces of lumber or something like that, you can actually push these two closer together and accommodate for that load.



Thule TracRac SR Sliding Truck Bed Ladder Rack with Cantilever Installation - 2020 Ford F-150

Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2020 Ford F-150, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Thule TracRac SR Sliding Ladder Rack with Cantilever. So when it comes to ladder racks, there's a ton of different choices available on the market. And you're going to want to pick one that works best for you. You really can't go wrong with the Thule and that's because it's going to be able to handle just about anything you want to throw at it. Part of the reasoning is this cantilever here.



Thule TracRac SR Sliding Truck Bed Ladder Rack Installation - 2020 Ford F-150

Ryan: Hey, everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today, on our 2020 Ford F-150, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Thule TracRac SR Sliding Ladder Rack.And to complete this kit, you are going to need to pick up some Thule TracRac Base Rails, which are sold separately. When it comes to ladder racks, there's a ton of different options available, and you're going to want to choose one that's best going to suit your needs.I will say I'm pretty impressed with this one, for one big reason. And that reason really separates this rack from many of the others available. That's the fact that our cross rails here are actually adjustable. So say, if you have a small ladder, or some pieces of lumber, or something like that, you can actually push these two closer together, and accommodate for that load.Or if we have larger items, we're able to pull it all the way back, and again, accommodate for it.



Thule Ladder Racks Review - 2020 Ford F-150

Zack: Hey guys, Zack here at etrailer.com and today we're going to be taking a look at the Thule TracRac TracONE truck bed ladder rack system on our 2020 Ford F-150. This is going to be a solid way if you're looking to carry any kind of longer items such as ladders, lumbers, I even see people throwing kayaks and standup paddle boards up here. It's a great way to clear up some space in your truck, get it up there and secure it nice and still be able to use your truck bed for all those other things.Now, I only have this partially installed. It's held in place with these C clamps. It's a pretty quick and easy way, it doesn't require any drilling and what I like about it is it allows you to kind of adjust it if you want to but we like putting ours in this configuration we have today. So, essentially what you do is you take this bolt and connect it into that foot, and we'll just tighten those down.



Thule TracRac SR Sliding Ladder Rack Installation - 2019 Ford F-150

Adam: Hi everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Sliding TracRac Ladder Rack System, on our 2019 Ford F-150. So what sets this ladder rack apart from most is the fact that it comes with these rails, which goes on the side of the bed of your truck, and just makes it super easy to remove. All you've got to do is just take this screw out and slide them off if you're not using them. And also, it's actually extremely easy to move.



Buyers Products Truck Bed Ladder Rack Review - 2018 Ford F-150

Hey everybody, how's it going Today, we're going to be going over the Buyers Product, truck bed ladder rack here on a 2018 Ford, F-150. So adding a ladder at your F-150, it's going to be a great idea because it's going to make your truck that much more versatile. It's going to allow us to use our truck as a truck. Now let's face it. Nowadays, truck beds are getting shorter and shorter and cabs are getting bigger. On this particular model here, we have the five and a half foot bed, which is actually most common.



Thule TracRac TracONE Ladder Racks Installation - 2018 Ford F-150

Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Ford F-150, we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the TracRac TracONE truck bed ladder rack. This ladder rack is going to allow us to carry lumber, ladders, and other large gear on top of our truck bed. The ladder rack is fully adjustable to the end of our crossbars, allowing this to be used with multiple different trucks. We simply loosen up our two bolts on either side of our leg. Then we can adjust it in or out. Our ladder rack system is made out of an aluminum construction, so it's strong, durable, and rustproof, but it's also very lightweight.



TracRac TracONE Ladder Racks Review - 2018 Ford F-150

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2018 Ford F150, we'll be taking a look at and showing you how to install the TracRac TracONE Truck Bed Ladder Rack, part number: TA27000-01. This is also available in black, with part number: TA27000B.This ladder rack is going to allow us to carry lumber, ladders and other large gear on top of our truck bed. The ladder rack is fully adjustable to the end of our crossbars, allowing this to be used with multiple different trucks. We simply loosen up our two bolts on either side of our leg, then we can adjust it in or out.Our ladder rack system is made out of an aluminum construction so it's strong, durable and rust-proof, but it's also very lightweight. Our ladder rack is going to include tie downs, which will allow us to secure down our gear. These are fully adjustable along the length of our crossbar, and what's great about this bar is that we can also place in channel-mounted accessories like bike racks.This is going to be a no-drill application.



Buyers Products Ladder Racks Review - 2017 Ford F-150

Today, on our 2017 Ford F 150 SuperCrew Cab, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Buyers Products Over-The-Cab Truck Bed Ladder Rack. Now I've got the silver installed, but it's also available in black, see etrailer.com. Now with this installed, it's going to allow us to carry ladders, lumbar, paddle boards, kayaks, surf skis, really anything elongated. As you can see, it's going to extend over our cab allowing us to carry those long tools or whatever it is we might be carrying. Now the whole thing is 134 inches long. It sits up about 35 inches from the top of our truck bed rail.



Thule TracRac TracONE Ladder Racks Installation - 2017 Ford F-150

Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford F150, we're gonna be test fitting the TracRac TracOne truck bed ladder rack. This had an 800 pound carrying capacity, clamps onto your truck bed using the clamps provided on both sides. This is a fixed ladder rack. Therefore, it cannot be adjusted. However, it can be adjusted from side to side to adjust to varying truck bed widths. It has an aerodynamic shape to the bars on both the front and back.



TracRac TracONE Ladder Racks Review - 2017 Ford F-150

Today, on our 2017 Ford F-150 we're gonna be test fitting the TracRac, Trac One truck bed ladder rack. Part number TA27000-01. This has an 800 pound carrying capacity, clamps onto your truck bed using the clamps provided on both sides. This is a fixed ladder rack therefore cannot be adjusted, however it can be adjusted from side to side to adjust to various truck bed widths. It has an aerodynamic shape to the bars on both the front and back. This is gonna cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving.



Thule Ladder Racks Review - 2017 Ford F-150

Today, on our 2017 Ford F-150, we're going to be test fitting the Thule Xsporter Pro Adjustable Height Ladder Rack, part number TH500XT. This has a carrying capacity of 450 pounds, and it clamps onto your truck bed using the clamps provided. They also do have locks available, as well, so you can secure this to your truck bed. Now, to make it adjustable to varying truck bed widths, you can loosen up these two bolts at the top on both sides, and that'll actually widen it or narrow it, however which way you need. The bars themselves are aerodynamic in shape to cut down wind noise and drag while you're driving, and it does come with these stoppers to hold down your loads, whether it be ladder racks, lumber, or anything else you might be hauling. We have these fit dials here, which you would turn to the left to loosen them up on both sides. Lower them to whatever height you need.



Buyers Products Ladder Racks Review - 2016 Ford F-150

Today on our 2016 Ford F-150, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Buyers Products Over-The -Cab Truck Bed Ladder Rack. I've already got it in place just to give you a good idea of what it looks like. As you can see, it's going to allow us to carry those elongated items over our cab; so things like ladders, lumber, PVC, anything like that, it's going to work out nicely. I've got more than enough clearance between my cab and the underside of the bar, so we don't need to worry about anything coming in contact with it.Now my F-150 also has a six-and-a-half foot bed here, but it'll work out nicely with a five-and a-half foot bed, eight-foot bed, any one of those. Now the whole thing is made out of a steel construction with a 1,000 pound weight capacity, so we've got more than enough to carry our gear. Also in each corner, I'd like to point out that we have a variety of tie down loops to work with: hooks, straps, rope, anything that we need to tie down our gear.



Buyers Products Ladder Racks Review - 2016 Ford F-150

Today on our 2016 Ford Super Cab we're going to be doing a test fit on the Buyer's Products Over-the-Cab Truck Bed Ladder Rack.Now this is available in silver and black so see etrailer.com. Now I've already got it in place on my F150. It's going to allow us to carry gear, tools, or anything elongated well over our cab as you can see. It measures about 134 inches long. It's about 35 inches high so we're going to have plenty of space between our cab and the ladder rack. We can rest assured none of that elongated gear is going to come in contact with our cab.





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